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I can't remember the exact day you're supposed to stop turning them, that "lockdown" phase of incubating but from what I remember it seems like once they start pushing on the internal membrane turning can probably be stopped. I think turning is mostly about making sure they don't get stuck on...

Well, I have 4 indoor ducks already. 3 are "free range", 1 is disabled and doesn't walk. 😁 3 babies shouldn't be too bad compared to what we've had in the past. I'm just not sure how to safely acclimate them to the cold once they get their grown up feathers. Maybe I can make room in the garage...

@Miss Lydia Thanks! Any ideas on what would have caused Webster to turn the wrong direction after he pipped externally? Is that a malposition issue? I wish I could remember where his beak ended up in relation to the pipped hole. I've never had baby chicks or ducklings this late in the year...

Going clockwise from the top we have Sassafras, Backwards Betty and Percy (AKA Persimmon). I wish Percy would cooperate with me enough to let me get a picture of his feet. His toes and webs are pink but the rest of his foot/leg is solid black.

Update: the duckling who started wiggling on 10/16 pipped externally on Friday (10/22), I had been calling him Webster, along with one who had started wiggling on 10/17 and the breech duckling. Unfortunately Webster turned his head away from the air cell and suffocated yesterday morning while...

Quick update on the eggs. Webster and one of the other two made it through to their internal pip during the night. No peeping yet but I can tell they're through into the air cell. #3 is still wiggling at his membrane. #4 is nowhere near his air cell. No wiggling of the membrane and there's...

Sadly I don't have pictures. I would probably need a helper since I'd have to use my camera instead of phone's camera. Darn phone camera never wants to focus on what I want it to focus on. 😂 The one that was wiggling it's membrane on Saturday morning (5 days ago) seemed to be farthest along the...

I think I saw a post about this subject from several years ago but didn't see an answer to the question. Does anyone know how long you'll see a duckling pressing against their membrane before actually breaking through for that internal pip? I've hatched a lot of eggs in the incubator so I know...